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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Cosplay Progress - Masks and Half-People

Getting stuff done feels good, and blogging about it feels even better, lol. Recently I have been working on my Deus Ex Machina mask/headpiece. I have begun to collect pictures of the mask in its formation from start to beginning. Hopefully I will be able to write a tutorial once I am finished, but for now, I will describe the process as it has been occurring.

The first step was to create a basic mask framework. Mimi helped me shape thin strips of cardboard to my face shape and size.

After this, the nose and chin components were built as guiding points and anchors from which to build more facial components. Fun foam is our material of choice.

The next part is a little hard to describe, because at this point we basically just took fun foam scraps and glued them to places to help the mask take a little more form, in no specific order. The goal for this transition was to create a little bit of "sunken-cheek" look and to connect the nose to the bottom half of the face. This was done wonderfully with lots of help from Mimi. :D

If there's anything I have learned from Mimi in the crafting world (other than glue gun burns can hurt a lot), it's that I should think of this project as sculpting with small pieces of fun foam,and that fun foam can be used for anything and everything. At this point it looks like the mask could either belong to Deus, or the King of All Cosmos haha.

The other awesome thing we did recently is to create a body form for Mimi. She was very patient as I duct taped around her for about an hour and a half. We followed this tutorial from Threadbanger, but used regular duct tape instead of water-activated packing tape.

Look, it's a ghetto Saber :P

After Mimi had a couple or so layers of tape on her, we cut through the shirt and tape body mold, re-taped it together, and stuffed it with some old shirts and pants of mine. The final result? :

A wonderfully shaped figure that Mimi will be using for future sewing and armor-related endeavors. I call it SeMimi, because it's more of a half Mimi than a mini-Mimi. Hehehe.

Well, that's all for now people. We will be sure to keep you updated on anything cosplay related, or maybe just whatever tickles our fancy for the day. Thanks!